I lived in St. Petersburg from February to late June, 2011.
The city is incredible – simultaneously beautiful and difficult. I would recommend visiting to anyone. Whilst the winter snow is certainly a bit magical, it makes getting around pretty hard. The best time is definitely June: the weather is brilliant, there’s a celebration almost every weekend and the light lasts all the way through the night.
Smolny Cathedral
White nights in St. Petersburg (photo taken at midnight in mid-June)
Lenin
Church on Spilled Blood, park view
Frozen Neva
View from St Isaac’s cathedral
The Bronze Horseman in the snow
Winter Palace
Defenders of Leningrad monument
Winter palace on the river Neva
Kazan Cathedral in summer
Jordan staircase, the Hermitage
Pivskarevskoye memorial cemetery
Victory Day
Chesme Church in the snow
Jordan staircase, the Hermitage
Mayakovskaya metro stop
Elagin Island
Aliye Parusa festival
Northernmost Buddhist temple in the world
St. Nicholas Naval Cathedral
Great photos, looks like a magic place.
Thank you. It really is an amazing place, would love to head back soon – just a shame it’s not cheaper or easier to reach.
Looks gorgeous – is there a cheap way to get there from the UK?
Jet2 do package deals there now, but otherwise the cheapest way is to fly to Tallinn and then get Eurolines bus to SPB for about £20-30. The latter is obviously a bit time consuming, but it’s easy enough.
The snow looks so magical but brrrrr…. looks insanely cold!
Once it gets past -15 it’s all the same 😉
After that – it’s just numb??